Coranto

Alternative forms

• corant

Origin

From the French dance the courante, loosely translatable as the "running".

Full definition of coranto

Noun

1. A fast-paced dance which originated in France.
• MacaulayDancing a coranto with him upon the heath.
• 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.

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